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The Life of Riley · October 22, 1948 · 29 min · 4,020 words
The transcript of “Riley Campaigns”, an episode of The Life of Riley first broadcast October 22, 1948. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Life of Riley plays The Life of Riley free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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The first Tuesday of November approaches, and at almost every American home these days, the principal topic of conversation is politics. In this respect, the Riley home is just like all the others. In fact, right at the moment, Chester Riley is engaged in a verbal tussle with an opponent whose political acumen, sound, knowledge, and keen intelligence is more than a match
for Riley. He's talking to his 13-year-old son, Junior. Half, who are you going to vote for for president? I'm some 13 South Carolinas 7. Yeah, Pop, you are gonna vote, aren't you? Well, you are gonna vote.
Well, certainly. Like I always say, it's the duty of every citizen to study the records of the candidates, make up his own mind, and then go to the polls and exercise his constitutional right to vote.
That's democracy. And who you gonna vote for, Pop? Who's running? Pop, don't you even know who's running? Oh sure, sure I know, but it's a secret ballot so I'm not talking. I ain't ignorant, you know. There's Dewey and Truman and Wallace and Thurmond.
Well, who's Thurmond? You see, you don't know as much as you think you do. Thurmond's that fella down south. He's representing the Dixie Cuts. Let me read in peace. What did you mean? We had a swell debate in school on politics.
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